The Ugly Monkey (Harrington and Morgan) and The Oxford (former Yancy’s on Fayetteville St.) will open their doors tonight.

The World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions will be returning to the RBC Center on Friday, December 5.

Last night Ryan Adams was on The Late Show with David Letterman. A second performance, “Cobwebs”, was filmed and is only available on the web. Go to Dave’s site, then select clip #1 in the DaveTV section to view the performance.

The Planning Commission today approved a plan for 100 additional parking spaces on the front lawn of Broughton High School. The school had eariler requested 126 spaces in their original plan.

They also recommended returning “The Strip” (Cameron Street section across from the baseball field) to the Wake County Public School System. Such control would afford the school to return The Strip to 90-degree parking, adding back 30 previously deleted spaces.

David Menconi has a great little story about Raleigh R&B singer Julia Nixon and her upcoming tour in Russia. Nixon, a former star in Dreamgirls on Broadway, has a couple of CDs that can be heard on Rhapsody.

The Manhattan Cafe is now open on Wilmington Street, in the Hudson. The space was formerly occupied by Gandolfo’s deli.

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Time Warner Cable customers will get a free preview of the NBA League Pass beginning today thru November 4. Check out every single NBA game on channels 711-719. For those who enjoy the preview and want the full season pass, it is $169 (before Nov 4).

Former Raleigh resident Ryan Adams released his 11th full CD today, Cardinology. It’s available in all the usual places including Rhapsody.

The quickly growing local YoHo Asian Bistro chain is now open in North Hills in the former Mama Fu’s location.